Brussels, 02/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - More than 3,000 refugees, mostly from countries in Africa, have arrived on the Italian coast, particularly the island of Lampedusa, from Libya over the past three days, according to reports by AFP. Good weather and calm seas have seen ships and boats carrying hundreds of immigrants arrive on Lampedusa since Friday 29 April.
On Monday 2 May, Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said he feared that floods of immigrants would set sail from Libya and...